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My Awkward Phase
My Awkward Phase ©Alexandra Rios 2019 The greatest lie is that what happens in high school doesn't matter, because life begins in college. I pretended to agree, although I never believed it, for I was the world's greatest liar. Wannabees I was hanging out with my friends Quinn, Barb and Anne ... Read full Story
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Hot Slutty Sissy
Hello, It’s me, and. I am about to make a big decision and right now I am dedicated to my fantasy. I got a call today from one of my ex boyfriends. I got so horny when I heard his voice that my nipples turn to steel. My titties seem to respond to the sound of his vibrating baritone. I couldn’t refu... Read full Story
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MY Party Favor Fantasy
My Party Favor Fantasy A fictional story built around an old fantasy of mine I ran a notice on one of those sex sites that said” Help me fulfill my fantasy and I bet we take care of some of yours also. Hi there, I am Penny and I am a total bottom trans w... Read full Story
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Dating all whole my life
Julia and Ilya, together 10 years It was more than 10 years and 2 children ago. In December 2005, we agreed to meet at the gate of my office after a working day. I did not go out godlessly for a long time (40 minutes from the appointed time), but he still waited. I hope he does not regret it ... Read full Story
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Marcia Goes Back to School
Marcia was painfully nervous. She hadn't been able to eat very much in days. The upside was she was even skinnier which would make Mistress and her husband very happy. She'd always been thin and on the diet Mistress Carol had her on she was already thinner than she dreamed possible. Her anxious stom... Read full Story
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Sweet Encore
I was alone tonight and feeling just a bit paranoid as I listened to the soft music. The soothing sounds put me in a seductive mood, but It seemed that all my lovers were too busy for me, or they had other plans. Uncle Barney and my detective were probably home being dutiful husbands. Bo was under h... Read full Story
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KING OF TRANNY CHASERS ENTRY 1
IT WAS AROUND 1AM AND MY GIRL FRIEND GINA AND I ARE GOING AT IT.HER NAKED BODY WAS HANGING OFF THE BED IN DOGGY.HER BIG CARAMEL ASS CHEEKS JIGGLED AS A POUNDED FROM BEHIND. SHE WAS SCREAMING "YES BABY" AND MOANING NON STOP..AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE LOOKED AND HOW AMAZING HER BACK SHOTS WERE LOOKING..W... Read full Story
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College project surprise
So this story happened while I was still in college and remains without doubt, the craziest, most exciting experience of my life. So I the story begins one day when I walking to class. I went to a big university so my walk was quite long, and the first 1/3 was just through off our campus housin... Read full Story
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Regina's scary, and sexy Blind Date
I had just finished doing my makeup, finally deciding which blush to use, and I thought I had some time for my meditation. However, Mr. Cobb was early. The gold minidress I wore showed enough legs, ass and tits to make any man horny, and the strappy tanned five-inch sandals, made me feel majestic ... Read full Story
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intimate Cousins
My favorite cousin and first lover, Billy, was just released from prison and I was anxious to see him. I am ecstatic that he is out, and I am thinking about all the past fun we had as I prepare to revisit those good times. Tommy knows all about my relationship with Billy and he understands my need t... Read full Story
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BANGING AROUND BANGKOK
BANGING AROUND BANGKOK: THE AMOROUS ADVENTURES OF CAITLIN "MEOW" MORRISON after living and working in Thailand/SE Asia for many years i decided to write an erotic story based on some of the people i have known, venues and places i have been, and the P4P night-scene where i spent way too much... Read full Story
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Hung Trans Lesbians Fuck Two Ladyboys
Note 1: If you like Transsexuals, Trans Lesbians, Asian Ladyboys, Big Cocks, Extreme Cock Sucking, Anal Fucking, Anal Fisting, Semen Swallowing, Role Play, Orgies, BDSM, Cock Sounding and Foot Fetish this story is for you. Note 2: All the characters are over 21. The names are fictitious, but some... Read full Story
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HOW MY AUNT AND SISSY NEPHEW CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER! (fictional
It was the very first night of my month long North Carolina July summer vacation stay when my Aunt Meg suddenly entered the bedroom that I was temporarily sharing with my younger cousin Rudy. Being so openly effeminine in his body language,voice and looks, I had already planted such dirty thoughts ... Read full Story
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The House of Lesslie Part 2
I. I woke up. Even after having taken over the House of Lesslie weeks ago, each morning was still the same, and came with the same feeling of disorientation, in need of a few moments to adjust to the realities around me, as new as they were. The bedroom around me was still darkened by heavy... Read full Story
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The Mole
Police work is a paramilitary occupation. Uniforms, rank, weapons, discipline…It can be exciting and interesting for some and boring for others. Some officers seem to find lots of action during their career (or maybe it finds them) while others never use their sidearm except for target practi... Read full Story
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Aunt Cindy's Bizarre World Part 2
Chapter 7 I am guessing it was just over an hour until I heard the door open. It was her again, Miss Sindy Satin my auntie. This time she was wearing just an under bust white satin corset, long boots in satin exactly like mine but in white and her long, white bridal satin gloves and a the ribbon ... Read full Story
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A Married Marilyn
"Class is dismissed. Don't forget the project due…" "Huh, what?" Marilyn woke up disoriented from her nap. When she finally came to, she vaguely remembered some project for Intro to Computer Science, gathered her legs from the chairs in front of her, dusted off her b... Read full Story
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Candy Pink Part 2
Chapter 4 My parents had a letter shortly after from the headmaster Mr. James Allen. I was to head out to CA before the start of winter term to get settled into the dorms and go through orientation. The letter said I should be there no later than December 1st and that they would arrange for me to... Read full Story
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Filthy Little Beast Part 2
Chapter 8 The first thing that struck me was pink! More pink satin than I thought existed in the entire world. The walls were covered in baby pink satin curtains, the plush carpet was also baby pink. Like all the other rooms in this house of the bizarre the ceiling as a full mirror. There was a h... Read full Story
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Masturbation fantasies: Amanda, queen of the peep show
A guy visits a peep show with unexpected results. As he gets to watch a girl with something special, he discovers his hidden desires. This story contains: peep show – voyeur – gloryhole - fake tits – group masturbation – male masturbation – shemale – frottage - titfucking When William finall... Read full Story
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Camming Down the Rabbit Hole Ch. 10
As the sun beamed in through a gap in the curtains my now familiar morning wood strained at the silk of my nightwear. How was it that no matter how hard I came the night before it would wake up eager and ready to go. As had become customary my mind would be filled with the events of the previous nig... Read full Story
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My friend Barbara,
My friend Barbara, I look forward to welcoming Barbara. She is a lovely brunette with blue eyes who likes to make love without taboos. She knows how to bring our fantasies to life by imagining exciting role-playing games. - You're going to fall in love when you discover my underwear, she assur... Read full Story
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Aunt Cindy's Bizarre World
My name was Jim Rogers Jr. at one time. I was born and raised in a small town in a rural county in Oklahoma. My father James had been the pastor of the local Pentecostal Assembly of Jesus. Dad was what was known an ultra conservative hell fire and brimstone preacher. My mother's name was Allison. Sh... Read full Story
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A Fairy Tale Part 2
=-=-Chapter Six-=-= I woke up sometime later and I was feeling better, even a little hungry actually, and I wanted a shower and I needed to pee and...I cocked my head as I heard the unmistakable sounds of Mistress Stacy's bed moving. She had a large one, king sized, with old springs or somethi... Read full Story
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Anastasia's Life So Far
Chapter 1: Humbling Beginnings My story starts where most every crossdresser's story starts. It starts somewhere around the time I was an infant. I can remember not to mention being told several thousand times that my choice of toys as a child was dolls, strollers, dress up and tea parties, Barbi... Read full Story
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Tight Spot
XtinaSmith2017 Cody bit his lip as he looked over towards the shop, a little anxious about their planned endeavor but not wanting to come off as uncool to his friends, "Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked. His friends grinned and laughed, playfully nudging him as they made their way ... Read full Story
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My Seductive Secret (True Story)
During my childhood, me and my brother used to play with two other boys who were our neighbors every weekend. One day we decided to wrestle, and I took on the youngest one, (he was about 2 years younger than me, like my brother) and we wrestled in the shed while my bro and his bro (who was my age) w... Read full Story
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I and the old man's story 后面中文
I am from Chongqing, a boy who loves his father. When I was young, my neighbor aunt always said I looked like my sister, like a beautiful girl. At that time, my family was relatively poor. My Sister, my parents, and my family of four lived in public rental housing of less than 30 square meters. Star... Read full Story
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Camming Down the Rabbit Hole Ch. 07
Opening my eyes I struggled a little as the residual cum on my face from last night’s show hadn’t been fully wiped off, I felt the dry and crusty leftovers crinkle on my skin, but couldn’t help but smile to myself as I remembered how it had got there. The intensity of that orgasm had been on another... Read full Story
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Duel With the Devil, Chapter 20 of The Greatest Liar
Duel With The Devil This is a work of fiction. All characters (including the narrator), celebrities, places, residences, neighborhoods, restaurants, legal agreements and proceedings, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any r... Read full Story
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One night Transtand ;)
One Night Transtand By BalkanMan990 Published on Lush Stories on 05 Oct 2019 I had no idea she was a trans.. I didn't stop kissing or fondling her when I found out. I went out for a drink at one of the many bars at Croatia,where my girlfriend Sabina and I were staying.Sabina and I had been drin... Read full Story
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I was backstage giving blowjobs at a transsexual beauty pageant
I was backstage giving blowjobs at a transsexual beauty pageant I had this neighbor, who cross-dressers on weekends for a LGBT club. She invited me to an annual transsexual beauty pageant. Beautiful slutty shemales competing to be the official beauty queen for the club. She happens to be hosti... Read full Story
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The Greatest Lie Part 15
I think that if you could get honest answers, a lot of heterosexual guys would probably admit to having had at least a passing desire to be a girl. If they were honest, they would probably admit they thought of it "when I first noticed a girl's breasts" or "when I first felt a girl or... Read full Story
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Becoming a Drag Queen
I was thrilled when my boss told me he was sending me to San Francisco for a conference. It was a location on my "Top 10 places I wanted to go". I went online and Googled the major attractions and tourist "must sees in San Francisco. The conference was Wednesday to Friday and I figure... Read full Story
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Porn Princess
They say if you are going on a journey of revenge, to dig 2 graves, one for your enemy and one for yourself. I thought I understood the meaning of that saying, but never so much as right now. My name is Dan, and at the age of 21, I had been working for nearly 2 years as a production manager for ... Read full Story
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The Greatest Lie Part 16
As soon as we were safely back in our hooch, I retrieved the iBook from its hiding place under the floor and opened up Spartan's main Excel spreadsheet. I re-sorted the list against the data from the last three weeks of our frustrating field work, by district, language group, age, and every other ca... Read full Story
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A Perfect Pandemic: A Transsexual Transition in a Troubled Time
A Perfect Pandemic A Transsexual Transition in a Troubled Time A Novelette by Alexandra Rios Text Copyright Reserved © August, 2021 Dedication Transgender Day of Remembrance is a solemn occasion. I am offering “A Perfect Pandemic” for free as an antidote to the fear, phobia, discrimination, d... Read full Story
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I got humiliated in a catfight
Im a crossdresser and I am very feminine and extremly dainty. I was attracted to a man at a park I went to. He knew I was a crossdresser. I would always say hi when I saw him, but that was it. One day he asked me(on a rainy day as I was getting in my car), do I have a boyfriend am I bi, he wanted to... Read full Story
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A LadyBoy For My Wife
I have been happily married to my sexy Thai wife Lisa for three years now. My wife is Thai is petite (5'1") with a stunning figure, a tight ass and long waist length black hair. We had met in a bar in Thailand and subsequently we were married back here in the UK. She was very loving with m... Read full Story
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Blue collar Master, white collar slave Part 2
About an hour later I was once again naked except for my chastity pouch and my stilettos and once again I was screaming and crying, my body covered with angry red welts from Master Darren's whip. On my knees crying and begging I held his cock in my hands, trying to give the best handjob ... Read full Story
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Lola Chaper 3
Lola chapter 3 When Lola was on summer break from her law studies, I took the opportunity to take some time off as well. My job as a freelance film photographer gave me good opportunities to manage my time. I was in demand as a filmmaker and had more work than I could handle. Mostly shorter stuff... Read full Story
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The Escape
Narcissian lay naked with his legs spread. His face was buried in a puffy pillow, and his fists clenched the satin sheet of the soft bed upon which he was sprawled. He arched his back, raising his round backside to Nefertiti. Nefertiti was a black Saharian princess who's country had been... Read full Story
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Teacher Student Confidentiality
It was raining cats and dogs outside as Ms. Catherine Walker (Cat by her friends) graded her Accelerated Integrated Geometry test scores. Her was long and flowing and her sweater was purposely pulled low to embarrass the male teachers with her cleavage. Her cock twitched as she shifted her leg to a ... Read full Story
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Camming Down the Rabbit Hole Ch. 12
We woke up many hours later, still intertwined, my morning wood throbbing as Ellie slid inside my panties and wrapped her hand around it. This was a much better way to wake up than usual, and we proceeded to have a really relaxed slow fuck. She reached a much more low key orgasm but I knew I wouldn’... Read full Story
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Jamie is taken Part 1
Jamie loved his job. Not only did he enjoy the job itself, but it also provided him with outstanding opportunities when it came to getting laid. Jamie was 21 years old and had moved to the city eighteen months before. Not long after he had gotten the job, working as a sales clerk and tai... Read full Story
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The Fabulous Alessia Travestita
Alessia is a real transexual. Several of her porn videos are on this site. She collaborated with me in this story. Alessia is a natural blonde haired, brown eyed, mature fifty -five year old Transsexual woman from England. She is tall, very fit, stands 5'11," 36B-26-30 and a slender 133... Read full Story
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Camming Down the Rabbit Hole Ch. 11
I sat there for some time, my phone still in hand. I couldn’t fully comprehend the situation and where I was. All this started when I was put on furlough and thought I would be losing my job, an idea born out of boredom, hornieness and desperation. What started as a regular cam show with a guy hopin... Read full Story
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First Time Sissy Maid
I had been fantasizing for many years about serving a dominant Mistress, watching lots of movies online, and generally lusting over the doms I saw posting ads. At the age of 28 I finally found the courage to answer a rather intriguing post by an older woman and her trans partner who were looking for... Read full Story
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Camming Down the Rabbit Hole Ch. 08
A familiar sensation greeted me as my eyes opened and a yawn escaped my mouth, that oh so delicious feeling of my morning wood straining against my silk night ware. It was becoming an ever occurring pattern that no matter how large the orgasm the night before I would wake with the hardest of cocks, ... Read full Story
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The Next Level
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The Greatest Lie Part 13
Does Life Imitate Art? I love technology, in spite of the stereotype about girls. Although I was a guy, at least outwardly, until a year ago, I think I was always inwardly a girl. According to the stereotype, we girls are supposed to be indifferent to anything more technical than the designer cov... Read full Story
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Little cock convention
They came from all over the nation to downtown LA convention center. It was the "Little Cock Convention" I watched as men from all races and status came in. Sometimes they came with their wives,friends,Mistresses,lovers, or even their boyfriends. I was on Guard duty and walking the conven... Read full Story
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The club
"Okay ladies," Missy said to her guests, "relax and get ready because I have a very special treat for today's meeting!" "What is it?" and excited Jayne asked while removing her sweat shirt and jeans. "Now you know better than to than that" Missy replied with a... Read full Story
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Kitten: A Pantyboy StoryKitten: A Pantyboy Story
It's easy now to look back and play armchair psychiatrist and see where my fetish for school uniforms and cute cotton panties started, but it wasn't until I met MISTRESS that I realized exactly how deep that fetish was ingrained in my mind and soul. Mistress knew I was a pantyboy after the first ... Read full Story
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Catherine's Girl
Catherine Roman's chauffeur pulled in front of my house in a black Escalade to transport me to Mrs. Roman's country estate for a weekend visit. Because of a surprise snowstorm, I had canceled my Friday appointments. Nevertheless, I wore my business suit and traveled lightly at Mrs. Roman's behest. C... Read full Story
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The Greatest Lie Part 11
"En Francais", they say "plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose:" the more things change, the more they stay the same. When Tran and I got back to Minneapolis from our trip to Thailand for our sex change operations, it was every bit as dark, frigid and depressing as it had been... Read full Story
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